Some lines were ready and waiting for the power to be restored.

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Cronk, who also designs three lines of ready-to-wear jeans, attributes the interest in handmade, special-order jeans to a growing malaise toward mass-produced goods.

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Now, they're sitting on these fully functional lines that are ready to run parts and nobody is buying them.

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One French non-governmental organization that specializes in restoring phone lines and Internet service is ready to send a team.

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In some places determined voters had started queuing the night before to be ready to cast ballots from 7am, but long lines that were apparent in the morning had largely dissipated by the afternoon.

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In addition, the NGO Telecoms Sans Frontieres, which specializes in restoring phone lines and Internet service in disasters, is ready to send a team of experts and equipment.

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Instead, he was ready to discuss with Mr Veltroni a new electoral system along German lines: proportional representation, with a threshold for parliament.

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Hainan Island's strategic location provides quick access to the critical sea lines of communication that lead to northeastern Asia and Australia, plus ready access to the broad reaches of the Western Pacific.

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The transition from the front lines of politics to the academic world is one Stephanopoulos says he's ready to begin.

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Reading between the lines, one might take this to mean that the U.S. stands ready to jump into the game if needed.

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